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Rufino O. Abuda vs. Auditor General

RUFINO O. ABUDA, petitioner, vs. AUDITOR GENERAL, respondent.

G.R. No. L-16071 | 1961-04-29

D E C I S I O N 


REYES, J.B.L., J.: 

This petition for review seeks the reversal of respondent Auditor General's decision, denying the claim of petitioner Rufino O. Abuda for the payment of his salary as Justice of the Peace of General MacArthur and Qinapundan, Samar, during the period of his suspension. 

Since 28 July 1952, petitioner was the Justice of the Peace of General MacArthur and Quinapundan, Samar. On said date, he was convicted of the crime of libel by the Court of First Instance of Samar and sentenced to pay a fine of P200.00. No appeal from this judgment was perfected by him in due time. In an administrative order...